lessdazed comments on The Goal of the Bayesian Conspiracy - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: Arandur 16 August 2011 06:40PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 16 August 2011 03:03:29AM 5 points [-]

We think we'd be better at running the world because we think rationalists should be better at pretty much everything

Overconfidence seems like a poor qualification.

Comment author: Arandur 16 August 2011 06:25:42AM 1 point [-]

And yet confidence seems a good one. The question is how much is too much, which can really only be verified after the fact.